“You didn’t.” Sobbed Julia.

　　“But I made a note of it.”

　　“Well … if you say so.”

　　“Take twenty seven from forty one —— that leaves fourteen.”

　　Her eyes were filled with tears. Poor girl!

　　“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”

　　“Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen —— leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is!”

　　I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.

　　“Merci (Thanks),” she whispered.

　　I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this ‘merci’?” I asked.

　　“For the money.”

　　“But you know I’ve cheated you —— robbed you! I have actually stolen from you! Why this ‘merci’?”

　　“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”

　　“They didn’t give you anything. No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you … I am going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope … Is it really possible to be so spineless (懦弱) ？Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws —— to be such a fool?”

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